I Got 5 On It!

"Let's get it in!"

The O.G.’s from around my way used to say, “Hey young blood, in order to run the streets you gotta first be respected in the streets.” In the corporate world the same concept applies. In order to run the company people have to be able to trust that you know what you’re doing and that you’re leading them in the right direction. In both worlds respect is earned by doin’ work playboy!

Well it’s no different in the sports world and more specifically the NBA playoffs. Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals tips tonight in South Beach bruh. The Miami Heat vs. the Indiana Pacers in a best of 7 joint to move on into the NBA Finals. Let’s get it in!

Ima throw my chips on the table right now playa, Heat in 6! It’s a matter of formality at this point. Yeah, I live in Naptown and I cover the Pacers but I ain’t crazy playboy. Yeah, I saw the Pacers beat the brakes off of the Heat twice during the regular season by double figures at the crib to finish with a 2-1 record against them. Yeah, I know that the Pacers are the best defensive team in the league. Yeah, I saw them blow a 2-1 lead against the Heat in the Eastern Conference semi-finals last year. I get all of that pimpin’!

However, it’s the freakin’ NBA playoffs and the BEST TEAM always wins the best of 7 series. This ain’t the NCAA tournament where all you gotta do is show up and be the best team for 48 minutes and go to the crib. You gotta win 4 of those joints! That’s a problem!

The Pacers are a poor ball handling team and turnovers can often be a problem for them. They turned the joint over 19 times against the dull Knicks in Game 6 and they barely play defense! Well the Heat is the best transition team in the game. You turn that joint over and it’s going the other way with buckets without even touching the floor playboy.

You’ve seen the Heat in transition bruh! It’s ridiculous and I know you’ve seen Roy Hibbert trying to run. It’s painful to say the least. So know at the minimum you’ve got 5 on 4 on the other end of the floor just like that even if they jog that joint down. Hibbert darn near looks crippled running down the floor. Ima start calling that dun Tiny Tim. 

The Heat has the best bench in the league with shooters coming out of the bushes on boyz all night. Mike Miller, Shane Battier, Rashard Lewis, Ray Allen and James Jones can all shoot the lights out of the gym at a moment’s notice. They're just sitting on the sideline with the safety on that joint. The Pacers don’t have shooters coming off of the bench that can keep the water out of the boat in a big time playoff atmosphere. Guys like Gerald Green and DJ Augustine have to get into a rhythm before they can light it up.

 Tyler Hansbrough comes off of the bench to simply play hard, aggravate and  frustrate boyz. Nothing that he does ever shows up in the stat column.  On some real talk, who’s he gonna frustrate on the Heat? The Birdman and Udonis are both gangstas that are looking for a reason to bang with a boy. So that plays into their favor. All Hansbrough is gonna do is get his head split and wake up the monster like they did last year in the semifinals.

I know y’all remember when Lance Stephenson darn near got his collar bone tore out of the frame going to the rack when ole boy Dexter Pittman elbowed him in the throat as pay back for the choking motion he did on the bench? At that point the Heat were in the Pacers head and it was wrap. It's gonna happen again because it worked before. If it ain't broke don't fix it!  

The Pacers had the right game plan to beat them last year which was to go inside to Hibbert but the Heat forced them to play their game and big Roy became ineffective because the Pacers started trying to become 3-point shooters and be gangstas on the floor(Granger) and it's not in their DNA.  They never took advantage of the fact that Bosh was out and didn’t feed Hibbert.

Now Hibbert is gonna be forced to play19 feet from the basket because Bosh is a shooter. Hibbert has absolutely no hips and moving from side to side for him is even painful to watch. So if Roy’s playing out on the perimeter, who’s keeping the best player on the planet from taking boyz to the rack at will or posting them up all night? On second thought, in my Luniz voice, "I got 5 on it!" The Heat in 5! Stop me when I start lyin’!

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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